Bob Confer
The Ethanol Fiasco | Print |  E-mail
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Monday, 04 January 2010 00:02

Bob ConferSince his days as a U.S. Senator, Barack Obama has trumpeted renewable energy as the catalyst for the future growth of America’s economy. He believes to this day that investments in wind, solar, and ethanol energy will excite the marketplace and put Americans back to work.

 
Dobbs Brought Down by His Opponents | Print |  E-mail
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Friday, 13 November 2009 10:00

bob ConferAt press time it’s much too early to know the true reasons why, on November 11, Lou Dobbs unceremoniously left his post as a primetime anchor and analyst on CNN.

 
The US Dollar: A Worthless Piece of Paper | Print |  E-mail
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Thursday, 08 October 2009 18:26

Following the OPEC Summit in November of 2007, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad shook things up when he said the U.S. dollar was “a worthless piece of paper.” He had expressed concern over the dollar’s decreasing value and wondered aloud if the global marketplace should use another currency in the trading of oil. At the time, the world scoffed at the concept and looked at Ahmadinejad as a mad man.

 
The Great Lie About Economic Recovery | Print |  E-mail
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Tuesday, 15 September 2009 15:30

Bob ConferLast week marked the one-year anniversary of the collapse of Lehman Brothers and the subsequent beginning of the demise of the U.S .and global economies. That unofficial start to the end of economic normalcy as we once knew it represents one of the greatest mistruths of the past quarter-century, ranking right up there with the Bush administration's initial reasons for the invasion of Iraq.

 
The Need for Letters of Marque and Reprisal | Print |  E-mail
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Friday, 11 September 2009 04:00

Bob ConferOn September 9, the federal government sent out a press release that said, “The Maritime Administration today issued an advisory to mariners and ship operators that piracy is likely to increase off the Horn of Africa and in the Indian Ocean now that monsoon season has ended.”

 
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